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Monday, December 17, 2012

First Greenland film to be screened in Korea

Poster of “Inuk”

“Inuk,”
the first Greenlandic film to be screened in Korea, had a VIP premier
at the Lotte Cinema, Sangam-dong, Seoul, Saturday. This premier was
hosted by Greenland Prime Minister Kuupik Kleist who visited Korea for
talks on developing the arctic nation’s environmental policies as well
as the opening up of polar shipping routes.

The film
“Inuk” is a road movie about a young boy called Inuk, living in a
miserable home environment caught between a violent stepfather and an
alcoholic mother in Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland. He is sent to a
social welfare facility, where he goes sealing with Ikuma, a hunter.
“Inuk” is the first feature film of director Mike Magidson that reflects
the present Greenland which stands at the crossroad between the modern
and the traditional by tracking the changes of a boy who overcomes his
wounds and is re-born again. The movie has gained enormous attention
despite the conspicuous absence of big name stars.

“We
don’t produce many films in Greenland because our film industry is not
developed. But, this Greenlandic-language film has been awarded many
international movie awards, and I am very happy that the premier of this
film takes place during my visit to Korea. It is the absolutely perfect
end of the schedule of visiting Seoul,” said the prime minister.

Ole
Jorgen Hammeken who starred as the hunter, Ikuma, said “I was born in
the capital Nuuk, and was raised in the modern way, but through the
filming of this movie, I started to agonize about cultural transition
between our ancestors and us, and became aware of where we came from.”
The actor also said the film would resonate with Korean audiences
because it deals with universal issues such as teenagers’ angst and
family discord.

Director Lee Myung-se, known for the
film, “Nowhere to Hide,” Kim Dong-ho, honorary director of the Busan
International Film Festival, fashion designer Lie Sang-bong, Incheon
Mayor Song Young-gil, and Peter Lysholt Hansen, Ambassador of Denmark to
Korea attended the premier.

“This is a great
opportunity to present the beauty of Greenland to Korea. To give wider
publicity to this film, we are planning to make its debut in wide
release in Korea,” said Mininnquaq Kleist, the head of department of
Foreign Affairs of the Government of Greenland.

Before
the preview of the film, there was a performance by Greenland band Nive
Nielsen and the Deer Children, and a food tasting event served by
Greenland-born chef Jeppe E. Nielsen that featured raw prawns, shrimp
and grissini with smoked halibut.

“Inuk” is expected
to go on general release at the beginning of next year following
discussions with distributor company, Peter Pan Pictures.